DALLAS-David Pemberton and his Centcom partners stake their first claim with six centers in four secondary cities. The deal closes with a $21.1-million first mortgage, $2.5 million in mezzanine financing and a mixed bag of investors kicking in the equity.

LAS COLINAS, TX-The home mortgage company will set up a 500-employee post-closing center in 116,000 sf at Las Colinas Commons, a 225,000-sf, two-building complex getting its first tenant after a three-year lull.

GRAND PRAIRIE, TX-A graphics firm is readying for a Sept. 1 move into 2,481 sf in the Great Southwest Industrial District while a Seattle-area moving company changed addresses to a 30,400-sf spot in the Valwood Distribution Center.

DALLAS-It's not just any lease, but one of the most talked about for months: Gardere Wynne Sewell. As expected, Thanksgiving Tower held onto its longtime tenant, who got some TIs in 2004 or after for the 207,495-sf signing.

DALLAS-The two-building project is Panattoni's final hurrah in Pinnacle Park. The pad sites were finished and banked, but now it's time to start. First, a 470,250-sf project and then 575,000 sf. And then, the focus will shift to Mountain Creek Park.

IRVING, TX-Northwestern Mutual slides in Cousins Properties for leasing and management of the 161,400-sf 511 Carpenter in the Las Colinas Urban Center, making the switch without bringing the assignments to market.

DALLAS-In 10 days, Steven A. Lieberman steps down as president of the Weitzman Group and head of the tenant representation team. The 42-year-old, leaving a firm he helped build, makes the move to create a "new and different" real estate company.

ADDISON, TX-The Woodland Hills, CA lender holds a "meet and greet" in 24,851 sf of class A space subleased from IBM for the duration of its pact with EOP. Furniture and free rent during the ramp-up are just part of the bait used to sew up the deal.